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PITTSBURGH - At home on “Monday Night Football,” the Pittsburgh Steelers are next to impossible to beat.
They proved it yet again with a stirring comeback, rallying from 13 points down in the first half to beat the Houston Texans 30-23.
The Steelers...

Ben Roethlisberger took a knee in prayer then sprinted to midfield holding the flag honoring the man who helped guide the Pittsburgh Steelers from irrelevance into a dynasty. Five months after longtime president and chairman Dan Rooney's death, the...

Ben Roethlisberger took a knee in prayer then sprinted to midfield holding the flag honoring the man who helped guide the Pittsburgh Steelers from irrelevance into a dynasty. Five months after longtime president and chairman Dan Rooney's death, the...

The football player and friend in Le'Veon Bell understood why LeGarrette Blount walked off the job that cold night in Nashville more than two years ago, jogging to the locker room with the clock still running as Bell and the rest of the Pittsburgh...

When it comes to defending Antonio Brown, the first step is to acknowledge that it's really, really hard to do — so much so the Dolphins' game plan against the Steelers' star receiver in Sunday's playoff game seems to hinge on five words: "as much as we...

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson will not play Saturday at Green Bay because of knee and groin injuries.
The Vikings ruled out Peterson on Friday. He returned last weekend for his first game in three months, playing 12 snaps in his...

Aaron Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson with a 60-yard pass to set up Mason Crosby's 32-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Green Bay Packers to a 30-27 victory over the Bears in one of the coldest games ever played in Chicago on Sunday afternoon.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Chris Boswell tied the club record with six field goals, and Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter Sunday, rallying Pittsburgh to a 24-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that kept the Steelers in control...

The Ravens have won nine football games in 22 months, a hugely disappointing stretch for a franchise that once made qualifying for the postseason look routine. During that span, the losses have mounted almost as quickly as the injuries, the Ravens' aura...

Rookie quarterback Cody Kessler will be the Browns' starter this week and the foreseeable future. How long that is could be up to him.
Kessler, who returned to practice a few days ago after being sidelined since Oct. 23 with a concussion, will start...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — On the road in one of the toughest places to play no matter who's at quarterback for the hosts, the New England Patriots never trailed in a 27-16 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
And still, it wasn't nearly good enough for...

Tom Brady, looking razor-sharp at times and relatively rust-free after serving his four-game “Deflategate” suspension, passed for 406 yards and three touchdowns to Martellus Bennett in his hyped return and the New England Patriots thumped the Browns,...

PITTSBURGH — "Revis Island" isn't quite as lonely as it once was. Something its longtime owner knows all too well.
Now New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is girding for another population influx on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Asked what...

St. Thomas Aquinas, with nine players on the 53-man rosters on opening weekend of the NFL, again led the nation with the most active alumni in the league.
The nine ex-Raiders on the opening-day 53-man rosters were: DT Geno Atkins (Bengals), RB Giovani...

Steelers OTs Alejandro Villanueva and Marcus Gilbert vs. Ravens OLBs Elvis Dumervil and Courtney Upshaw: The Steelers try to keep QB Ben Roethlisberger well protected because when healthy, he is having a near-MVP-type season. The Steelers have big-play...

Baltimore Sun columnist Mike Preston picks three key matchups in the Ravens' game against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
Steelers RB Le'Veon Bell vs Ravens LB C.J. Mosley: Bell is the key to victory for both teams. If the Ravens can contain him and make...

Blame the defense all you want. Blame it for watching Tom Brady throw four touchdown passes, for allowing Rob Gronkowski to run freely in the secondary, for turning journeyman back Dion Lewis into a running and receiving threat. But if I had told you...

For the Steelers to have won the previous time they played the New England Patriots in Massachusetts, they would have had to score 56 points. That might be what they need Thursday night, two years after their 55-31 shellacking in Foxborough,...